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TERMS OF THE STANDARD.
The terms of the Standard r u follows:
Bemi-Weekly, six months, 7
three months, 4
Weekly paper, six months, 8
" three months,
The government through its financial agents, and the
rarious corporations and trading men, having estimated
Eve dollar Confederate bills at two-thirds of their value,
9 ,re compelled to do the same. Persons sending fire
dollar bills will be credited for two-thirds of their face and
no more, and no bill due the office can hereafter be paid
in fires, save at such discount. Twos and ones and new
isiue preferred.
Advertisements inserted at three dollars per square often
lines or less, for first insertion, ana one aoiiar ioreaci
...h.wiucnt insertion, me very large rareuiauim i i,
Standard renders it a valuable medium for advertising,
Money sent by Express at our risk.
BALEIGIl: FRIDAY, AUG. 5. 1864.
The Latest New.
Two Yankee gunboats have been disabled on the
Mississippi, and one, the Clara Bell, totally lost
The river is said to be in a state of blockade. Eight
transports are lying at the mouth of White rivtr
unable to assend.
The rebels, 1,500 strong, under Gen, Dobbs,
charges CoL Brooks' command of S00 men, 12 miles
from Helena, forcing him back and following ten
miles. CoL Brooks, several prominent officers and
87 privates were killed. CoL Brooks' remains bad
reached Memphis.
The Baltimore American of 1st and 2d has been
received in Richmond, giving an account of the ex
plosion of the mine at Petersburg. The entire work
mounting 16 guns were blown into the air. The
9th and 18th corps then charged and the 6th was
held in reserve. The works were carried, but fin-
aiiy) they were driven out of them with a loss of
5,000.
Rebel cavalry crossed the Potonwc, 15 miles
above Williamsport and passed directly across
Maryland and entered Pennsylvania, going through
Mcrcersburg. About 500 of McOausland's men en
tered Chambersburg and demanded the payment of
half a million dollars, but the people refusing to
comply with the demand, the town was fired and
the whole of it burned. Gov. Curtain has called
th Pennsylvania Legislature together to make ar
rangements for the defence of the State. Wright's
column, ere this, must have reached Winchester,
and if the rebels attempt to retain possession of the
Shenandoah Valley, a desperate battle may be ex
pected. Lincoln has' been at Fortress Monroe and has had
an interview with Grant.
Peteksbukq, Aug. 3. There has been no fighting
for two days. Grant still sapping and mining.
Much dissatisfaction said to prevail in Yankee army
on the results of Saturday.
From Georgia.
Atlanta. Aug. 3. Affairs are very quiet this
morning. Some picket firing during the night hut
nothing important occurred. 650 prisoners were
captured near Newman and sent south from East
Point Yesterday about 1000 in all were captured.
Other later news will be found elsewhere.
Government' Advertisements. We publish to
day a number of government advertisements gratis,
for the information of the people. Those who have
possession of the Confederate and State govern-
ments act upon the principle that Conservatives are
fit only to pay taxes, fight battles, and serve them.
Conservative journals are not only regarded by
them as treasonable in their character, but by with
holding the government advertisements from them
they deprive a large portion of our people of the
means of knowing what the laws of the country are,
and their duties under those laws.
We observe also that Gov. Vance has directed
the State government advertisements to bo published
in Destructive papers, and to be withheld from the
Standard, which is the "State Gazette," its Editor
being the public printer. We allude to this only
to illustrate the courtesy by which that functie sary
is characterized. If we were in his plac and he in
ours, we should feel that we had staged our repu
tation as a gentleman by such a course.
But it is useless to complain. Those who admin
ister the governments have seized upon them as their
peculiar property, and the strait Conservatives are
treated by them as inferiors and underlines. The
"hideous mark" with which the Conservatives of
this State were threatened by John Spelman in
1862, is at last on their foreheads, and Gov. Vance
is aiding bis new friends in burning that mark into
the flesh of his old friends.
The Confederate continues to manifest its aver
sion for Samuel P. Phillips, Esq., by a series of
squibs that can do that gentleman no harm, but
which plainly show that there is some peculiar rea
son, not known to the public, for these attacks.
Is the Editor of the Confederate we mean the late
associate of George N. Sanders in certain naval
stores' transactions offended with Mr. Phillips, be
cause the latter felt that he, the Editor, ought to
have been required, in accordance with the laws of
the State, to settle his accounts with him as State
Auditor?
The ConfedttrnU ..T.o ir. tm.su: i.ji ,r.
p - t uimpa votea lor uov.
ance. Very well, Mr. Phillips voted as he pleas
m, as many other citizens were not allowed to do.
was fortunate for him that he happened to be in
situation to exercise his right of suffrage without
T""un- But no m"er how Mr. Phillips
oted be is a worthy eitizen, a good lawyer, and
made a faithful State Auditor. The only thing
antirg to complete the round of his duties in that
was the elimination and settlement of Col.
accounts; and the fact that this was not
one is to be attributed to Gov. Vance and CoL
and not to Mr. Phillips.
GraNt'8 Army. Senator Wilson, of Mass.,
usuaic Kuwioiuee on Military ai
rs, ,n the course of a ronf rlok.t. o
6"e gome aiaH,tiMi r,r .: .t
tren tii "u.irau iciuwve w mo
the Union rmie8 4a' of TerJ 6ret
Nc twZ lD;s ffic,l b'K it appears that
reeni; V l ,? blCi men' navo "listed
PondririTnT. uc ianKee anme8' r,d 'hat one
Nn exn ieniy-five millions of dollars have
Pllhin tl . --...o u.uo iii.v ucriuu : mat
KetJT p T : ye' seven hundred thousand men
Pn olL"' ,n lh? fie nd that since General
rninen "uuu"eroi loriy-eignt tnous-
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Vol. XXX. No. 22.
The St the Army.
I w IrVA AAnfimiA tv It a.s aF rha AnAOrtifrB maaannao
adopted in the hospitals and camps to influence the
rotes of the soldiers of this State.' We copy the
following from the Progress of Wednesday last:
tract from a letter dated
Lynchburg, July 28, 18G4.
"I am at Lynchburg to day at the election, and
I have never seen as much meanness and corruption
before. The soldiers voted for Holden, and seeing
this, those who managed the polls said the Holden
voters were all deserters, and threw out their votes.
If nothing had bees said, and if the votes had been
fairly counted, Holden would have beaten Vance
ten to one. The men that voted were all from the
same camp, and they counted the Vance votes and
threw out the Holden votes. This was done by
Hospital rats who bad never seen a battle field.
When the Yankees were raiding around Lynchburg
these rats went into their holes, and as soon as the
Yankees left they crept out. I told them of their
rascality, and they ordered me to hush, but I told
a man with stripes if he would make himself my
equal I would tan him on the spot More than
seventy-five men join me in this letter. If Vance
is elected it will be by such dishonorable means as
I have stated."
This letter comes from a good soldier and a man
of character, and is no doubt a faithful record of
facts. Let the friends of these men remember this
to-morrow and vote against those who would inau
gurate such infamous proceedings.
Extract of a letter from a soldier dated Head
quarters Co. I, 22nd Regiment, N. V. Iroops, July
2y, 1864:
"I worked had for Holden but the officers en
maste were against him. Holden got 22 votes in
this company and Vance 3. The vote in this Regi
ment is Vance 114, Holden 67 ; though I under
stand the statement is out that Holden got but eight
votes in the regiment"
A soldier writes us from Fort Caswell that the
vote in his company was Vance 12, Holden 17, and
that the men who manifested a wish to vote for Hol
den were told that their battery would be taken
away ftom them, and that they would be sent to
Virginia. This he says
" Caused some of the timid to flag and fall back,
though some of us stood the fray and did the best
we could, though we had a hard time of it"
We might make similar extracts irom a number
of letters already received. A soldier has a " hard
time" in service, and be has a "hard time" when
he attempts to vote for the man of his choice.
We do not think, however, after all the force and
fraud that have been employed, that Gov. Vance's
majority in the army will exeeed 8,000. We be
lieve this majority, or even a larger one, was turn
ed by the people at home yesterday, unless they
were prevented from voting as they desired by the
interference of the military. We shall soon know,
tow.
The Votinf la the Hospitals.
We very cheerfully give place to the following
statement of Dr. E. Burke Haywood, in relation to
the manner in which the voting was conducted in
Pettigrew hospitaL Dr. Haywood admits that the
names of the Counties to which the soldiers belong
were written on the backs of their tickets ; and the
clear inference is that this was done by the inspec
tors or poll-holders. This is, in substance, wh at we
have heretofore Btated.
The tickets or ballots of the soldiers were, there
fore, opened and the names of their Counties writ
ten on them. This, as we stated in our lest issue,
was not only unconstitutional and illegal, hut un
necessary. If such writing on the . backs of the
tickets was necessary, in order to distinguish the
tikets from each other that were cast by the sol
diers from the difieree'. Counties, the soldiers them
selves should have been directed to do this ; and
they might have been told, in advance, that every
tiJtet that might be found in the box not thus
written on, would be counted as a blank. But the
idea of an inspector opening a. ticket and writing
on the back of it ! The law of the State is most
emphatic on this snbject It declares that "every
person qualified to vote shall give to the returning
officer, in presence of the inspectors, or, in the ab
sence of such officer, to one of the inspectors, a
ticket rolled up, in which shall be written the name
or names of the person or persons for whom he in
tends to vote." The presumption in law is that
the voter will hand in a folded ticket, and provis
ion is, therefore, made against frauds by declaring
that i two tickets shall be found rolled up together
they shall not be counted. There is no authority
whatever in law for opening a ticket and writing
on the back of it; and though we havq no idea of
contesting the election, and especially votes cast in
any manner by soldiers, yet we have no hesitation
in expressing the opinion that if the election sl.ould
be contested all such ballots thus marked on the
back would be declared illegal and void.
What we meant when we said that Dr. Haywood
"did all in his power to have a fair election," was
this : That he caused it to be understood that every
one under him would be allowed to vote as he
pleased, and that he resorted to no means of any
kind with the view ef influencing votes. But Dr.
H. and others have involved themselves' in grave
error in adopting the plan of marking the ballots
themselves, and not leaving this to the voters. If
voters in Pettigrew Hospital were not deterred from
voting as they wished by the adoption of this plan,
they certainly were in other hospitals and in the
camps generally, especially when this was accom
panied by violent threats against the Holden men
by those having control of the polls.
We may feel it our duty to dwell at some length
hereafter on this subject
Far the Standard.
The Late Election at Pettigrew Hospital.
The following statement is made in justice to the
authorities and to correct any error that those who
do uot know me may have been led to entertain in
regard to the fairness of the election held at this
hospital. I received no orders from any one how
the soldiers should vote. The manner of voting
wa the Same at all the hospitals in this city, and
was adopted after consultation with a legal friend,
who suggested that endorsing the name of the
county in which the voter resided would obviate
the difficulties of obtaining a correct result where
voters from fifty-two different counties deposited
their tickets in one box. This nlan was also suh.
muted to a gentleman who has acted as an inspector
ol elections in this city for a number of years. ' He
pronounced it fair and just to all parties and the
only one practicable under the circumstances. Mr.
Holaensays: So far as Dr. E. Burke Haywood
us concerned, we expressly stated that he did all in
his power to have a fair election."
E. BURKE HAYWOOD, .-.
Surgeon in charge.
Woe unto you, when all men shall-speak well
of you I for so did their fathers
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RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNES
fFrem the Petersburg Express.
From the Front.
An ExeUing Day on Our Lines The Enemy
itonng a Mine A Battery and Several Men
Blown Up A Portion of Our Works Taken
Gallant Charge of Southern Troops 2he Works
Betaken, Guns Recaptured, etc.
The monotony which has prevailed for several
days past, in front of Petersburg, was broken on
Saturday last, by an event, which though not alto
gether unexpected, took our troops by surprise,
and created for a while considerable contusion,
8F1NGINO A MINE.
. For several days past, prisoners and deserters have
stated that the enemy was mining, and our officers
and men have been convinced that the statement
was correct, but whether apprised of the exact
locality at which the enemy was conducting his
mining operations, we have no means of ascertain
ing. All doubts on this point, however, if any
existed, were removed Saturday last at an early
hour. About 41 o'clock, a dull, heavy sound was
heard, and this was followed by several other sim
ilar sounds, the enemy at the same time opening
with their batteries all along their lines.
It was then discovered that the enemy had
sprung a mine on one of our salients, near the
centre of the lines, and a few hundred yards beyond
the Blandford Cemetery. The chief sufferers by
the explosion, were Pegram'a Battery, (formerly
Branch's,) from this city, and three companies of
Elliott's South Carolina Brigade, which occupied
position immediately to the left of the battery for
its support The battery lost 22 men missing, two
commissioned officers included. Some of these men,
a list of whom we publish elsewhere, are known to
be killed, their bodies having been recovered, but
others whose bodies have not been found, it is
hoped are prisoners in the enemy's hands. Pris
oners taken subsequent to the .explosion, from the
enemy, and near the spot, state that several of our
men were dug out of the ruins alive. They de
scribe one of the men, a lieutenant, so minutely,
and the description is so nearly like that of Lieut
Hamlin, one of the missing, that there are strong
grounds for hope that he is yet alive and in the
enemy's hands. The remains of the bomb-proof
under which be slept, and where Lieut Chandler
was seen arousing him just previous to the explo
sion to go on duty, are yet to be seen near the edge
of the chasm created by the explosion, and the pre
sumption is, that he was not very deeply buried in
the earth. Lieut EL was a young member of the
Petersburg bar, and his many friends feel great
anxiety regarding his fate.
Of the casualties in Gen. Elliott's (formerly
Evans') South Carolina brigade, we have no infor
mation except that Gen. Elliott was severely woun
ded by a ball through the breast He was doing
well yesterday, and hopes were entertained that he
would recover.
EFFORTS TO RETAKE THE WORKS.
As soon as the nature of the disaster was made
known, Gen. Hill despatched a courier to Gen.
Mahone's headquarters, and that vigilant officer
movea on immediately at the head of his own bn-
gadejwith instructions for Saunders' (Ala.) brigade,
right's (Georgia) to follow.
Arriving upon the ground, Gen. Mahone found
twelve of the enemy's flags waving upon the ram
parts of that portion of our line, carried by the
explosion, and the whole vicinity swarming with
white and black yankee troops.
Getting his troops into position, Gen. Mahone
ordered his brigade to retake a portion of his works,
and instructed Wright's brigade to come up in such
position as would ensure the re-capture of the re
maining portion. Under command of CoL Weisi
;ger, acting Brigadier, Mahone's brigade formed into
line, and ware about to move up, when the enemy
sallied out, and made a charge. The Confederates
reserved their fire, until they could see the whites
of the enemy's eyes, when they poured into them
such a storm of bullets, that the enemy recoiled
and fell back in confusion. A charge was now
ordered, and Weisiger's men dashed forward with
a yell, driving the enemy up to and over the breast
works. On the works our men halted, and deliv
ered a plunging fire, which proved so destructive
that the enemy never again rallied on this portion
of the line, but left our men in undisturbed posses
sion. In the meantime, Wright's brigade, commanded
by CoL Hall, instead of coming directly up, by some
means deployed, and came round, and thus failed to
retake that portion of the line assigned to them.
At a late hour Wilcox's old brigade, now ably
commanded by the young and intrepid Sanders,
came gallantly up to their work, and by a charge,
drove the enemy from the remaining portion of the
works, and thus enabled us to re-establish our lines,
precisely as they were before the explosion.
DESPERATE FIOHTINO.
The enemy finding escape impossible, rushed for
safety in the immense hole or chasm, made by their
explosion, and around the edge of this great basin,
our men closed and fought hand to hand. This
was done chiefly by Mahone's old brigade, and San
ders' Alabama men. Here the slaughter was ter
rific, and here too, many a gallant Confederate fell
to rise no more. As an evidence of the desperate
nature of the contest around and in this chasm, we
would state, that Gen. Saunders' men, after remo
ving a large number of wounded, buried in the
hole on Saturday night, 55 Yankee negro troops,
and 178 whites.
THE TERRIBLE POWER OF GUNPOWDER A GHASTLY
SCENE.
At a late hour Staurday evening, we visted the
chasm caused by the enemy's explosion. It ap
peared to be about 40 feet in depth, and some 200
feet in circumference, and resembled more what one
would imagine to have been the effects of a terrible
earthquake than any thing else to which we could
liken it Immense boulders of earth were piled up
rudely one above the other, and great fragments of
bomb-proofs, gun carriages, limbers, etc., were ly
ing promiscuously in every direction. One man
was caught between two boulders, near the surface
of the ground, and literally crushed between them.
He still remained in this painful position, with his
head and neck visible, our men not having had time
to extricate him. Life had lonj been extinct, but
the ghastly looking face was unmarked by a scratch,
and the head perfect, but slightly reclining on the
shoulder.
The sides and bottom of the chasm, were literal
ly lined with Yankee dead and the bodies lay in
every conceivable position. In one spot we noticed
a coporal of infantry, a sergeant of artillery, and
a big, burly negro, piled one upon top the other.--Some
had evidently been killed with the butts of
muskets, as their crushed skulls and badly mashed
faces too plainly indicated, while the greater por
tion were shot, great pools of blood, having flowed
from their wounds and stained the ground. '
Between onr breastworks and the enemy's, large
numbers of dead and wounded were still lying, the
latter begging piteously for water, and praying to
be cared for. Our men could not relieve them, as
they were in full range of the enemy's sharp shoot
ers, who had not ceased their firing, even under
such appalling circumstances as we have described.
TBI LABORS OF THE ENLMT.
The length of the "sap" made by the enemy, is
supposed to have been about 600 feet but the work
is not bo great, as many unacquainted with the ap
pliances used for such purposes, would suppose.
Immense augers, made specially for such occasions,
are brought into requisition, and by this means, we
are informed, a vast deal of work can be accom
plished in a short space of time. Just where the
mine was sprung and the explosion occurred, the
earth is formed of a hard substance, such as is gen
erally known as " pipe-clay," and this accounts for
the great boulders of earth which were rent asun
der and upturned, by the force of the explosion.
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DAT, AUG. 10, 1 864.
been poorly repaid. It is not be denied, that by
the sudden and terrible nature of the explosion he
produced a temporary confusion in our ranks.
With a little more energy, he might probably have
poured such a column through this breach, as to
have given us' very serious trouble. But the the
very timely arrival of Gen. Mahone, and the quick
perception of his military mind, soon placed our
gallant boys in position, and retrieved the disaster.
THE ENEMY'S LOSSES.
The enemy losses from all causes are estimated
at 8,600 men. We have over 1,000 prisoners in
our posession, 14 battle flags, and upwards of 2,000
Btands of small arms. We took no cannon, because
the enemy brought none with them. The four
.pieces captured by the explosion, attached to Pe
gram'a battery, wereafterwards dug up from the
rubbish uninjured.
. OUR OWN LOSSES.
Our entire loss is ascertained to be about 800.
Amoagthe JkHled cr WghiC ie4&taajaui of
our rery oesc men. Petersburg alone has sustaii
oijr ucsi men. reiereourg aione nas sustain -
cd a great loss, and many a household in our midst
has been plunged into griet In the 12th and 41st
v irgiuin, were several companies, made up of the
joung men of Petersburg. Their commanding
general has borne testimony to the brave manner
in which they defended the place of their birth, the
home of their kindred, and the spot where lies all
which can nerve the hearts and strengthen the arms
of patriots. The memories of those who fell in
struggle will ever live in the grateful recollec
tion of those who survive them. Their names will
be found recorded in another column of to-day's
Express.
INCIDENTS.
The enemy opened a severe fire on the city with
his siege guns simultaneously with the explosion,
and for two hours his shell fairly rained upon our
streets. Thanks to a kind Providence, but one ac
cident occurred, and that was the loss of a finger
by the Chief Engineer of our fire Department, Mr.
Robt Green. It was cut off by the fragment of a
shell The few houses burned, were small wooden
buildings, very old, and of but little value,
Saturday was the first time that the Army of
Northern Virginia has been regularly engaged with
the Yankee negro troops. The disastrous results
to the enemy, have proved that this favorite ele
ment of the Yankee army, is no match for Confed
erate soldiers. The negroes rushed wildly forward
immediately after the explosion, with the cry of
44 no quarter." At a later hour of the day, the time
for the Confederates came, and our brave boys took
them at their word, and gave them what they had
so loudly called for " no quarter.7'
THB PRISONERS CAPTURED.
Among the prisoners captured, is Brig. Gen.
Bartlett, of Massachusetts. This officer command
ed the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, of Burnside's
Ninth Corps. He lost a leg, while Colonel, at
Williamsburg. He was badly wounded in his
wooden leg Saturday, a ball having splintered it
This will prove profitable job for some carpenter
at Anderson riile, Ga. The prisoners report that
Brig. Gsn. Griffin was killed, but that his body
was, carried off.
We have seventy-five commissioned officers in
our possession, among them are three Colonels, and
every other grade known to the army.
The officers and men, white and black, have been
confined together. They have engaged in this un
just and unprovoked war, and fight side by side,
and our authorities will not be so cruel as to sepa
rata such 'bosom and deeply sympathizing friends
in their captivity.
A flag of truce was sent by the enemy yesterday
afternoon to General I's headquarters, the object
of which we have been unable to ascertain. It is
supposed to ask the privilege of burying dead and
caring for wounded, many of whom still remained
outside of our breastworks yesterday. Such is war,
as conducted by the enemy wt.h whom we are con
tending. The Yankees moving to the Southside.
Richmond, July 81. The Yankees on the North
side of James river at Deep Bottom, have recrossed
to the South side, reuniting with the main body of
Grant's army.
Interesting from Petersburg.
Petersburg, Aug. 1. Our losses in Saturday's
s flair foot up 1,200 ; 300 killed and wounded, and
800 prisoners from Elliott's S. C. Brigade. Ma
hone's losses are about 450 killed and wounded.
A mine was sprung on Bushrod Johnston's front
yesterday evening. Burnside sent in a flag of truce
asking permission to bury his dead.
No communication was returned with the endorse
ment that an application from the commanding
General of the Army of the Potomac would be en
tertajned: Meade then suit a flag and permission
-was granted and the hours from five to nine were
named; this period was diligently occupied and
over seven hundred dead Yankees were buried.
Yankee officers state -that their loss in wounded
was 8,000.
Great complaint is made agaiust Burnside for
his failure.
Our captures in battle flags reach 20, and in
prisoners 1,100.
Yankee prisoners say that Grant is organizing a
grand raid against the Weldon railroad.
From Augusta.
Augusta, Aug. 1. Bishop Pierce of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church South, has called upon the
Methodists of the State of Georgia, to meet on Wed
nesday, August 10th, for special prayer for victory,
and the expulsion of the foe from our soil.
From Georgia. .
Macom, July 31. A force of Yankee cavalry ap
peared in Jones county day before yesterday, and
night before last cut the Central railroad in two
places, at Gordon and near Walnut creek bridge,
two miles from here. At the same time they made
a demonstration on the Macon road, and were then
repulsed yesterday evening after some severe skir
mishing. During the fight several shells were thrown into
the surburbs and one fell into the city. It is not
known what damage was done to the road. The
Yankees are reported falling back near Clinton.
Their strength is not known. Our loss was forty
killed and wounded.
Northern News.
Richmond, August 1. The Baltimore Gazette of
the 30th is received. The accounts from the up
per Potomac are very meagre, in consequence of a
request made by military authorities, that no men
tion be made hereafter of operations there, unless
it is on information of an official character. '
It appears that - the Confederates have not re
crossed the Potomac into Maryland.
The latest official despatches from Georgia state
that Sherman was steadily drawing his lines closer
around Atlanta. Nothing from Stoneman.
Dispatches from Grants army are unimportant
The condition of aff irs in Missouri is represent
ed as deplorable in the extreme. A war of retali
ation has commenced.
Martial law is rigidly enforced in Kentucky.
Gold in New York 252.
From Richmond.
Richmond, Aug. 2. Official information, was re
ceived this morning of the capture of Qxa. Stone
man and 500 raiders near Macon, Ga. His com
mand was routed and at last accounts was flying in
An official dispatch from Petersburg states ths'
there was a cessation of hostilities yesterday at 'na
request ot tne enemy lor the purpose of caring fcr
uis ucau arm wuuuueu. I VJ ui up
y.'Ttt t"rpwLpyiv h' 'f-1" -
enenra tUan
Whole Number 1525.
Later from the North. ',
- Atlanta, Aug. 2. Nashville papers of the 20th j
uiu uisuuuneu me oeatn ot M fnerson. The Yan-
ions were eneaeed. The Nw Vnrt (Tr.U" n f
July 27th has a special dispatch from Nashville
which says the sensation dispatches, dated Atlan- f
u, puuuBucu id me nonnern papers, were
quite false. The Herald" was of the impression
! that Atlanta had not been taken, but probably it
. had been surrounded. Reliable information had
: been received that everything was going on right
The Baltimore correspondent of the " Times" says
; Morgan has joined Early and Breckinridge. The
' Washington correspondent of the "Herald," July
' 27th, mentions the defeat of AverrilL Crook and
Hunter by Early, who immediately advanced on
: Harper's Ferry. It was believed that Early would
- cross into Maryland, but will attempt to raid into
f zrT' ". mmwr uiauury, oi xeniucKy, was
"1?el by. asoldier on the 27th J uly. Edwiu Pas-
rennsyivama. Senator Mallory, of Kentucky, was
chaL editor of the Nashville " Press" was arrested
on the 15th ult.and gave bond in the sum of $5,000.
The steamer Scotia from Liverpool of the 16th
had arrived and reported a fight between the Kear
sage and Florida. An influential delegation had
waited on Palmerston on the 11th, urging media
tion on American affairs on the plea of humanity.
Palmerston said both the North and the South were
equally sanguine of success, while the South was
especially jealous of interference. If an opportu
nity for mediation occurred, the government woulcl
avail themselves of it Mason bad an unofficial in
terview with Palmerston.
From Georgia.
Macon, August 2. Trains from Atlanta arrive
and depart regularly on time. Affairs there wear
the usual aspect There was some picket firing
and shelling yesterday afternoon which did no
damage. The Yankees have apparently abandoned
their advanced position across the Georgia railroad
and are massing on the centre and right endeavor
ing to work down between the city and the river.
The raiders who cut the Macon and Western
railroad were driven to Newnan by Jackson's cav
alry. Their advance reached Newnan just after
the arrival of the train carrying Roddy's command
to Atlanta. He attacked them in front and his
pursuers coming up the Yankees broke and fled
leaving 500 prisoners, all their artillery 6 pieces,
700 horses in our hands. The rest sought to es
cape across the Chattahooche and it was supposed
more would be taken here.
Three pieces of artillery captured from Stone
man were brought here. Six hundred horses and
800 mules are reported to have been captured from
him. Gov. Brown left this morning for Atlanta.
The militia pour in and are sent rapidly to Atlanta.
Soda Cake One quart of flour, one tea cup of
buttermilk with a teaspoonful of vinegar in it, a half
teaspoonful of soda, one spoonful of salt, made into
a dough just as thin as can be rolled out with ease.
and baked in a quick oven. Pnt in lard according to
weans ana lasie. a wo or inree taoie spoonfuls ot
vinegar will answer in place of buttermilk, though
not so good.
A Yankee paper says the following note was
found fastened to a tree nearJiVasbingtoiicity, just
after the Confederate troops left : -.v
Near Washington, July 12, 1864.
Now, Uncle Abe, you had better be quiet the bal
ance of your administration, as we only came near
your town this time just to show you what we could
do ; but if you go on in your mad career, we will
come again soon, and then you had better stand
from under.
Yours, respectfully, the worst rebel you ever saw.
FirTT -eighth Virginia Infantry.
OBITUARY HOTICES.
Died, in this City on the 1st instant, ot consnmntion.
Mr. Wilst W. Jobnso. in the 58th year of his age. The
deceased was a native ot Wsyne County, bat ba
resided
some inirty-seven years in waxe Uouoty.
He
intelligent and worthy citizen.
was an
He
a-ave the most satis
factory evidence of his preparation fur death, fie was
wcturj CTiaeacs ui aim prej
buried with Masonic honors.
Died, at York Institute, on the 27th July, of typhoid
pneumonia, Hart Tula, infant daughter of J. . itbeim,
Esq , aged one year, two months, and fourteen days.
MRS. MILLER CONTINUES TO ACCOM
modate Boarders by the day, week, or month.
August i, 1864,
42-U.
FOR 8ALE. A LIGHT SIX.PASSENGER
Stage Coa:h with deck seat, newly tired and painted,
and in excellent order. Apply to
R. L PATTERSON,
Patterson, Caldwell County, N. C.
Angust i, 18-i 48 wAswrit.
Fayettevilla Observer copy ia Weekly and Semi
Weekly 4 weeka. .
Hbadquartbrs, Reserve, N. C, )
BaUigh, August 1st, 1864. J
extract.
Gkheral Orders,
No. 4.
L Captains of Senior Reserve, ;n the several
counties of the State of North-Carolina, where Com
panies have been organized, will assemble them at
their respective Court Houses, every Saturday at
12 o'clock, for drill and instruction.
By Command of Lt Gen. Holmes.
JNO. W. HINSDALE,
A. A. General.
August 3, 1864.
To the Salt Commissioners Tor the Several Couu
' ties of North Carolina.
It may be known to most of you that our rail
road communications with the Salt Works in Vir
ginia are, and for some months have all been inter
rupted by raids. I now take this mode of inform
ing you that in consequence of this suspension of
transportation, the corn purchase in North Carolina
in the Spring and shipped for the State Salt Works,
is yet on the road, at Petersburg and elsewhere,
while some remains unshipped.
The consequence of this is the suspension of man
ufacturing Salt during the great part of the summer
at our Works, while all other manufactures have
been entirely suspended, and it is believed most of
them must continue in suspense, for want of pro
visions. Hence, Salt must be scarce and command
a high price, and especially as the Works on the
coast hve suffered so much by raids.
In view of these facts, I ask you each to send for
ward wagons wherever it is practicable, and send
grain out by them.
You will be allowed two bushels of Salt for one
bushel of Corn, Wheat or Rye, and one bushel for
a bushel of Oats.
The teams can carry twice as much as will feed
them, and in most cases more. Then the remaining
half will pay for a full load of Salt
But if each wagon will bring one third or one
fourth of a load of grain, it will give an abundant
supply.
Please make it known to-your citizens &at tke
same terms will be mad with any of them who may
send on their own accent. We give preference to
the counties, but m.dst have grain and have no fear
that we will get '.00 much, or that it will come in
faster than Vb-4 Salt can be nude to. exchange.
- We have on hand between five and six thousand
cords of good dry wood, capable ol producing at
least cs hundred and filty thousand bushels of
Salty This wood: must be hauled,-and for that pur
vfrse ve mant additional teams, and under the late
tjrdeT of tb& vonsenpt Bureau, none will be detailed
1 aa teamstAsa who are under 45 years of aee. I
I therefore ask each of you to endeavor to send me
I few. men between 4o and SO years old, that 1 may
I at onsuroourethpmiA 1 bn rlntsilnl
sees estimate their losses in the battle of the 22d i
at 2,600. Geary's, Ward's, Williams', McCook's,
Newton s, Johnson's and Thomas' Federal .d; via. I
CONSCRIPT OFFICE, J
Raleigh, K C, Aug. 1, 1864. t
-Circular,) '
No. 87. (
District Knmn;
aielV to action in r.t.-lAn iv , t i
r, -.vw.uimw whu circular o. U6.
from Bureau of Cnnarint;,u. i... :.L ... , , 11
IU provisions apply ss well to persons whose ap
Dhcations r rw,t nan; . H i
hereafter ,.,, " w W who may i,
Applicants for renewal nf :n -. , il l
mitled to remain at borne or at work after the ex- If:
Uil granted. 67 the Um" f
By order of the Commandant $
E. J. HARDIN, Adjutant t
Conkdrrate States or AmerIOa, 1
War Drp t, Bureau of Conscription '
Circular,) 'fcta" . July 8, 1864.'
No. 26. f
The Secreta
r i . mat nereaner no n;
furloughs be allowed by the officers of conscription M
to applicants for exemption uot sustained as reouir- SU1
tTnn. BUlai10D8;Lor detaU whilst their applica
tions are pending ; but that they be promptly for
warded to the Camps of InstructionandVnce
assigned to commands in the field, entitled under
existing orders to receive conscripts.
Enrolling officers will, with the aid of the Tern
porary. Boards, proceed diligently to investigate all ,
such applications, in accordance with the fnstruo.
tions heretofore given, and forward them to the
Bureau, with their reports and opinions, for such
action as the War Department may take in refer
ence to said applicants. '
Upon transmitting the applications to the Bureau,
Commandants will state the commands to which
the applican ts were assigned.
By command of CoL Thos. P. August, Acting
Superintendent O. B. DUFFIELD,
August 8, 1864.. -A. A. Genual.
CONSCRIPT OFFICE, i
Ti, , fategK July 80th 1864.
The special attention of all persons exempted er
detailed under the provisions of the law for the pro
tection of farming interests, is called to the follow
ing extract from Circular No. 24, from Bureau of
Conscription, published for their information
Uy order of the Commandant :
E. J. HARDIN, Adjutant
Bureau of Conscription, i
Circular,) IWmMt
No 24. f
IL The sale to the government or to the families
of soldiers at prices fixed by the Commissioners of
the State under the impressment act of the market
able Burplus remaining after furnishing the govern
ment with the stipulated quantity of provisions
and which he may raise from 3 ear to year, while
his exemption continues, is made by the act of
Congress, approved February 17th, 1864, one of
the conditions of exemption allowed to an overseer
or agriculturist A claim is asserted by some of
those exempted as agriculturists to exchange such
part of the aforesaid surplus as they may please for
supplies of provisions, clothing and the like, to bo
consumed in family use, and to sell the government
or the families of soldiers only what may remain of
such surplus after making said exchanges. This
claim is in violation of law and of their contract
with the government and cannot be allowed.
Upon satisfactory evidence being furnished that
persons exempted- as overseers or agriculturists,
have or are thus disposing of their surplus produc
tions by exchange as aforesaid. Enrolling officers
will arrest all such persons, forward them to their
nearest camps of Instruction to be retained there
until final action shall be taken and announced in
their cases, and forward through the proper chan
nets of communication to this Bureau a report of
all the facts and circumstances of each case.
Every agriculturist or overseer upon receiving
his certificate of exemption should be informed that
th action indicated above will be taken in the
event ofis not disposing of his marketable surplus
in accordance with the requirements of law.
uy command 01 Brig. Uen. Jno. S. Preston.
Superintendents
B. BUFFIELD,
A. A. General.
August 3, 1864
Confederate Taxes.
The Confederate Tax Assessors for the county of
Wake, will attend at the following times and places,
for the purpose of assessing the Taxes for the year
1864: At
Raleigh, Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
1st, 2nd and 8rd September.
Banks' Monday, 5th "
Barney Jones', Tuesday, 6th "
Lashley's 11 Roads, Wednesday, 7th "
Green Level, Thursday, 8th "
Morrisville, Friday, 9th u
Busbee's, Monday, 12th "
Hood's Tuesday, 13th "
Wakefield, Wednesday, 14th M
Rolesville, Thursday, 15th "
Forestville, Friday, 16th "
Dunnsville, Saturday, 17th M
Laws', Tuesday, 20th
Oak Grove, Wednesday, 21st
G. W. Thomnsnn'a." Thnrsdav. e2nil
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The tax-payers of the county are hereby notified
to attend at the times and places above stated,
nearest their respective residences, and furnish to
the Assessors a correct list of the following subjects
of taxation, on hand, he.d and owned on the 17th
of February, 1864:
Land, number of acres, and value in 1860. Slaves,
number, sex, sge, and value in 1860. Horses, mules,
asses and jennets, and value in 1860. Cattle, num
ber and value in 1860. Sheep, goats and hogs, and
value in I860. Cotton, wool, Tobacco, corn, wheat,
oats, rye, buckwheat, rice, potatoes, of all kinds,
peas, ground peas, beans, flour, meal sugar, mo
lasses, bacon, lard, spirituous liquors, Ac , 00 band
on the 17th day of February, 1864, and not neces
sary for family consumption for the year 1 864.
The number of bushels and their value respectively,
must be stated separately.
Household and kitchen furniture, agricultural
implements, mechanical tools, and musical instru
ments, and their value in 1860. Carriages, carta,
wagons, drays, &c and value in 1860. Books,
maps, paintings, pictures, stationery, 4c., and
value in 1860. Property of all corporations, joint
stock companies and associations, gold and silver
coin, gold dust, and gold or silver bullion. Amount
of all solvent credits bank bills, and all other
papers issued as currency, (exclusive of non-interest
bearing Confederate Treasury notes, and employed
in a taxed business.) Value of all moneys held
abroad, and bills of exchange on foreign countries:
and the value of all articles of personal or mixed
property not enumerated above, and not exempt
from taxation. Land, slaves, cotton and tobacco
purchased since tbe 1st of January, 1862, must be
listed at the amount paid for them. The bacon will
also be listed.
M. A. BLEDSOE, ) AafieMor.
R. 11. JONt-S, J AMe,m
August S, 1864.
OCKET BOOK FOUND AT THE WOOD
pile on the Central Baiiroarf above Cedar Fork Ho
papers except a passport of to days for ALB USD WLLr
LMM$ small amuant of mouev.
Any person applying to me at C'edar Fork and desert
king the contents fully, eaa hare tbe sums.
. UAWEL JACK80!f.
August 1, ISM. 42 ltwAawpd.
8HEHIFFSMPIOTICE. TAKEN UP AND
committed to jail by Julias Ramsey, a negro boy sbont
twelily-one years of age, who saya his nam ia Emanaal.
and belongs to John Hope of Cleavelaad eonaty. He bad
on when put in jail a brewn suit of jeans cloth. He ie
about five feet, eleven inches high, of a dark black color,
weigtis about liW pounds. The owner will eotne tor hiss,
imr cbarires and lake bim away, otherwise be will be dealt
with aa tbe law directs. WM. A. WALTON,
- Sheriff of BowanCo.
Jane 13, 184. Mwm.
rpKlS'iV COLLEGE. THE NEXT SEH-
. sii.n will oumnlense ou the 7th of September next.
'liiitiun from (4 lo-flo, per mimh atloanet. Board pay
able monthly in advance, or about ptr month, if paid
in pivvjajonaat.p'' t prwtk Ttr-r 1 "
-5 ..wM ui uuuars.
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